Lower Extremity: AP Pelvis

Question 1

Pelvis: Film Size

Answer 1

14 x 17 / bilateral AP view of hips

Question 2

Pelvis: Film Placement

Answer 2

transverse
in table bucky
1 1/2” above crest

Question 3

Pelvis: Collimation

Answer 3

14 x 17

Question 4

Pelvis: Tube Tilt

Answer 4

none

Question 5

Pelvis: CR

Answer 5

middle of anatomy

Question 6

Pelvis: Patient Positioning

Answer 6

• legs internally rotated 15 degrees (for pelvis and ap hip)

* may be recumbent or standing

Question 7

Why do you internally rotate leg 15 degrees?

Answer 7

prevents femoral neck from shortening (or elongates femoral neck)
places the greater trochanter in profile